St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-10

holy see will have to deal with the people,
and 1t has bishops in close daily contact with
the people. The more clearly and fully this
is perceived the stronger Rome will be. My
thanks are due to the cardinal for letting
me share in the argument; II can tnd
copy of my letter on the Dignity aud Rights
of Labor / will send it to him. 1t will. L
think, qualify me for knighthoodin the order
of the Knights of Labor. Bretano some years
ago published books on the Guilds in which
he proves that the association dates BACK 10
antiquity, but there is this notable fact: In
the English and the Teutonic laws they were
recognized, favored and chartered; in the
imperial and Latin laws they were vlgor-
ously prohibited. We are, at this day,
AS the Lord walked among them, SO His
church lives among them. The cardinals
argument in defense or the Knights is ire
sistible. Your affectionate servant in Christ,
HENRY EDWARD,
Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster.
CARDINAL GIBBONS LETTER.
A letter which | have received from
Cardinal Gibbons is of especial interest
to this assembly. 1t is dated Baltimore,
Sept. 21, and reads as follows:
My Dear Sir: Your letter was received yes
terday informing me that the next eonyen-
ton of the Knights of Labor will be held at
Minneapolis on the 9th prox. When absent
from America did not hesitate to advocate
the just rights of the laboring classes and to
point ont the wrongs under which they were
suffering. Now that am again at home
may he permitted to speak in Il friendly spirit
of the duties and responsibilities which they
owe to themselves to their country and to So
ciety. l entertain the hope that good coun-
sells will prevail in your deliberations, and
that calm, conservative spirit will control
i'll all your proceedings. 1t is self-evident
that there should be no conflict between cap
ital and labor, since both are nee
one cannot subsist without the other,
and therefore no measurer should be counte-
nanced which do not provide for the protec
ton of both. Experience has proved that
strikes are questionable remedy for the re-
dress of your grievances. They paralyze in
dustry, they often toment fierce passions and
lead to the destruction of property: and,
above all. they result i'll inflicting serious in
jury to the laborer himself by keeping him
in enforced idleness, during which his
mind is
CLoUDED BY DIsCoNTENT, g.
while brooding over his situation, and his
family not infrequently suffers from the want
OF even the necessaries of life Strikes,
therefore, should be rarely if ever resorted
to. Boycotting, as far as understand Its
methods, infringes OH the just rights of
others, and WILL therefore, never
meet with approval from an observing
public. Remember that the eyes of your
countrymen are upon you. and that they will
watch your proceedings with the deepest in
terest, as u law abiding and industrious body,
seeking by all honorable means TO improve
your condition, you owe 1t to yourselves and
10 the SOOU lame OF your Cruei 10 set your
face against anarchists, nihilists and other
dangerous associations, which are guilty of
the base lngratitude OF attempting to under
mine the government that protects them, and
the temple of constitution that shelters them
DO not permit your reputation to be tainted
by any morbid sympathy for men who have
no substantial grievance to redress and who
strive to make their cause respectable by OBJ
tanning the connivance If not the sanction of
your powerful organization. But. for my
part. have no fear that they will succeed i'll
infusing the leaven of their poison into the
ranks of the
HONEST SONS OF TOLL
for what concord hath Christ with Belial or
what participation hath justice with injus-
tice. or what fellowship hath light with dark
ness: My only motive i'll venturing to offer
these suggestions is my sincere affection for
the laboring classes, whose sterling virtues
admire; my sense of the dignity of their call
ing, and Of their influence on the future
well being of our country, as well as my ar
dent desire for their material and moral ele-
vation. God grant that your deliberations
nidy be marked by wisdom and discretion,
and Il spirit of true patriotism. which. while
seeking to advance your temporal interests,
will merit the approval of heaven, as well as
of your fellow citizens. Permit me. III con-
clusion, to express my appreciation of the
successful efforts you have personally made
infulfilling the delicate and arduous duties
which have deyolved upon you as president
of the Knights of Labor. l am your obcdi-
ent servant i'll Christ.
JAMES CARDINAL GIBBoNs
Archbishop of Baltimore.
"There is no reason to fear that the
order, as an association, will falsify the
good character given it by the American
prince of the church. Our organization
is entirely free from the elements of
sectarian, religious OF irreligious dis
cussions, and its fundamentals are of
kind to guard it against disturbing in
tiuences outside of the sphere for which
it is created. II. Y. POWDERLY.